As Japan’s national sport, sumo has shaped perceptions of its culture since the mid-1800s.
Kant’s 3 rules can offer a helpful check as to whether we are not only living well but thinking well.
People who highly value equality and purity are most likely to see excessive wealth as wrong, a new study suggests.
Two hundred years ago, the Erie Canal was often derided as a ‘folly.’ Yet the waterway went on to transform the American…
The church, whose members are often known as Mormons, has grown from a small community to 17.5 million members around the…
The retirement of United Mine Workers of America’s longtime president is a reminder that labor and religion have always…
Controversies often arise over pharmacists refusing to dispense medication, from Plan B to unproven COVID-19 treatments.…
Tragedies like the Sept. 28, 2025, shooting at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel in Michigan are part…
Fighting corruption is more than punishing ‘bad apples.’ But international policies against it often fail to address…
Russell M. Nelson pushed the church away from members’ longtime nickname, ‘Mormons’ – a term that has shaped other…
A 2012 change has seen scores of Tibetan Buddhist nuns achieve the highest degree in Tibetan Buddhist philosophy. The implications…
Strong religious beliefs often shape disapproval of abortion – in the abstract. But when young women are actually deciding…
Tradwives influencers’ throw-back aesthetics mask a divisive ideology about women’s roles, two scholars of extremism…
The shofar is used on many different occasions in the Bible. But today, for many Jews, it is most associated with the High…
Post 9/11, brown and sometimes Black Muslim characters were portrayed as ‘good’ only when aligned with US state power.…
The religion gap between American men and women may be narrowing, a scholar explains – reflecting a seeming ‘God gap’…
The Estonian composer has written some of the world’s most performed contemporary classical music. Many fans may not realize…
Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas are testing a Supreme Court precedent barring displays of the Ten Commandments’ display…
Just as earlier generations might have turned to prayer or ritual, many people today are turning to the stars.
Federal workers face unique challenges. But part of their dilemma is familiar to many Americans who have to wrestle with…